Study: Wrong impressions helped support Iraq war

Universally recognized around here, but a picture is worth at least a few hundred words:



Study: Wrong impressions helped support Iraq war
By FRANK DAVIES
Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans have held at least one of three mistaken impressions about the U.S.-led war in Iraq, according to a new study released Thursday, and those misperceptions contributed to much of the popular support for the war.

The three common mistaken impressions are that:

- U.S. forces found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

- There's clear evidence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein worked closely with the Sept. 11 terrorists.

- People in foreign countries generally either backed the U.S.-led war or were evenly split between supporting and opposing it.
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http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/6918170.htm

I am impressed with how the graph makes plain the relative consistency by outlet of deception effectiveness. Amazed, actually.

edit: whoops, link added. And credit to Eschaton, atrios.blogspot.com

And article's link to full study info: www.pipa.org